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developerWorks:
a treasure chest full of great content from experts. Articles,
tutorials, best practices, downloads, spotlights, podcasts, videos... so
much is available to help you deepen your skills... all for FREE. 2012
was a busy year and I’m pleased to tell you the top 10 articles that
were published. Were you one of the readers who helped make these
articles to the top? Check it out. Read the ones you missed. Share
the ones you liked. Comparing the Informix Version 11 Editions by Carlton Doe Confused
about the... [More]

Write because you have knowledge that you want to share with others, and by
doing so, you may benefit from getting recognized for your talents through a
higher profile within your company, or a promotion. If you’ve spent your
education and career focused on developing strong and deep technical skills,
learning how to write well can make you stand above your peers. If you think about all the famous scientists throughout time, they all
published. I’m currently listening to “ The Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin and find it... [More]

These were the top 6 pieces of content published in the Information Management area on developerWorks so far this
year: Compare the Informix Version 11 editions by Carlton Doe DB2 pureScale enablement : Workload balancing, automatic client reroute, and client affinities by Aslam
Nomani DB2 best practices: A practical guide to restrictive databases by Mihai Iacob A guided tour of IBM Database Patterns, Part 2: Database image management by Zhi Lei DB2 10.1 HADR Multiple Standbys by Bruce
M.... [More]

I’ve been a fan and a contributor of developerWorks since it first began. I’m gaining a whole new
appreciation for this major competitive advantage: I’m a temporary member of
the dW team while one of the brilliant editors is on a leave. I must say, I
have huge shoes to fill, but I’m lucky that the team surrounding me is very
supportive. I want to share with you some of what I’ve learned in the past week and
encourage you to “live” on the dW site! Stay in touch Are you following developerWorks on twitter ? – More than 57,000... [More]

I just got this note from Dean and thought I’d share it with you. I’m quite
impressed by the content that Dean has created and want to make sure you are
aware that this content exists. Thanks Dean!
New db2Dean.com Article - DB2 10.1 New Features DB2 v10.1
became available on 30 April 2012 and has TON of new features and improvements,
some of which you can begin taking advantage of without doing anything other
than upgrading your database. As with the past “features” articles, this is a
summary of the new features in v10.1 that... [More]

I like to believe that we all “have a book in us”. I’ve written two books
and found it hard work, but very gratifying to accomplish such a feat. I know
many authors and most feel the same way. You can tell by looking at how many
people become repeat authors! Maybe not everyone can write a book, but for those who have an interest,
consider writing an article for starters. Many people come to me with ideas for
articles and books and I’ve helped people get published in many places. Most
recently I’ve worked with Dan Gibson for... [More]

I can’t believe that it’s been so long since I blogged about the Best Practice papers! Kate Kurtz sent me four new ones today and I found that my last entry about this topic was posted April 2009: “ Learn & Benefit from Others “. Here are the four newest ones: Managing XML Data Written by Matthias Nicola and Susanne Englert Update Published January 2011 This paper provides principles and guidelines for using DB2® pureXML® to solve business problems effectively and to achieve high performance when managing XML data in enterprise... [More]